Introduction Table mounted Connectors and indicators Connecting up the Terminal Server Setting the network parameters

and logging in from a remote host

This Quick Start Guide covers the key points of the
installation for your Terminal Server. It is intended for
systems administrators familiar with operating systems
covered.
This product is a TCP/IP Terminal Server available in both
Main power switch
table top and rack mounted form. The table top unit has 8 or
16 RS-232 ports and the rack unit has 4, 8 or 16 RS-232 ports
that can be used for terminals, modems, printers or other serial
devices. The serial ports are individually numbered.
Power input socket
Rack mounted
The functions of these are described in the Terminal Server 1. Press CRTL A for the ADMINISTRATION MENU then
100 BASE T Link/Activity User Guide. 1. Read the safety manual supplied with this product. press CRTL P.
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2. Connect the Terminal Server to the ethernet. 2. At the password prompt now displayed, type iolan as the
Note default password and press Enter.
3. Connect the power cable to the Terminal Server.
3. In the administrator password window is now displayed,
These instructions assume the Terminal Server is attached to 4. Power up the Terminal Server.
the same LAN as other host machines. Refer to the User and use the cursor keys to select Server then press Enter.
Serial ports 5. On a local host, for UNIX type:
Administration Guide for other situations.To perform the basic The server menu is now displayed.
Terminal Server configuration you will need to know: arp -s a.b.c.d aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
or for Windows NT type:
The IP address of the Terminal Server 4. Enter the IP address and host name for the Terminal
arp -s a.b.c.d aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff Server. Press Enter twice to save the changes.
The ethernet address of the Terminal Server (dis- replacing a.b.c.d with the Terminal Server IP address
played on the unit) 5. Select Reboot from the menu and press Enter.
and aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff with the ethernet
10/100 BASE T socket The host name of the Terminal Server address. 6. Confirm Reboot and wait for the unit to restart.
If in doubt please refer to your system administrator. Your Terminal Server is now set up for operation.
Power LED 6. From the command prompt, run: telnet a.b.c.d
(This may take a few seconds to complete). Notes:
7. At the password prompt press Enter. For setting up a Terminal Server via a serially attached
terminal, refer to the appropriate section in the User and
8. At the Local > prompt now displayed, type:
Administration Guide.
set term for supported terminals and press Enter.
9. Type set term <terminal> and then press Enter for the For setting up a Terminal Server via BOOTP, refer to the
appropriate terminal type. appropriate section in the User and Administration Guide.
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You have now connected up and logged into the Terminal
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Server.
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Serial ports
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Power input socket

Setting up a printer
This section assumes your printer client is set up for LPD
printing.
1. Power down the Terminal Server and attach the serial
printer using a cable specified in the Terminal Server User
and Administration Guide.
2. Power up the Terminal Server.
3. Log in and select the Administration Mode (using
CTRL A and then CTRL P).
4. Using the cursor keys select the Port option then enter the
number of the serial port you attached the printer to.
5. On the Port Setup Menu, set the parameters in the
Hardware and Flow ctrl to match those of your printer.
6. Enter the print queue filename in the User Name field.
Press.
7. Set Access to Remote using the spacebar to select the
appropriate action.
8. Set the Local Port field. This is a TCP Port number and for
LPD this should be set to 515.
9. Press Enter twice to save the changes.
10. From the ADMINISTRATION MENU select the Kill
option and enter the serial port number for the printer, then
press Enter.
The port is now setup, you can now send a print job to the
Terminal Server to test printing.
Remote access dial in modem setup Setup is now complete. A remote user should now attempt to
log in.
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1. Power down the Terminal Server and attach the modem Desktop Terminal Server 16 37687-R2
Desktop Terminal Server 8 37688-R2
using a cable specified in the Terminal Server User and Rack Term Server 40870-R2
Administration Guide. Rack Term Server 40871-R2
2. Power up the Terminal Server.
3. Go to the Port Setup Menu as described earlier in Setting
up a printer on page 2.
4. Setup Hardware with Monitor DCD to yes and Flow Ctrl Terminal Server
to match the modem. In the IP address fields, set Src (local
end of PPP connection) and Dst (remote end) addresses.
Note: If the src is left blank it defaults to the IP address of the
Terminal Server.
5. Set Access to Local and Authentication to Host if user has
to be validated. Press Enter twice to save and exit.
6. On the ADMINISTRATION MENU select Access and
press Enter. Now select Remote Site Devices and press
Enter.
7. Select the entry from the Device type window where the
listed items represent the ports (i.e. first item = port1, Quick start guide
second item = port2, etc.), select the port you are attaching
the modem to and press Enter.
8. In the REMOTE SITE DEVICES MENU now displayed.
set the Inactivity timer to an appropriate value in minutes.
9. Set the Config field to the modems initialisation
command string. Press Enter twice.
10. From the ADMINISTRATION MENU select Access.
11. In the Access pop-up window now displayed, select
Authentication/Logging and press Enter.
12. In the host AUTHENTICATION AND LOGGING menu
now displayed, go to the Auth Host field enter the IP
address of the authentication host.
13. Change the Success Indication String field and
Failure Indication String field to suit your login
sequence of your authentication hosts. Press Enter twice
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15. Enter the modem port number and press Enter.